How do you plant a Bleeding Heart bare root?

18 years ago

I was lucky enough to get two of the bleeding heart bare roots at the Friends plant sale, but forgot to ask for directions on how to go about planting them. Does anyone have any pointers for me? Thanks.

Chris

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Nettie
18 years ago
Boy Chris, I don't know specifically but I bet you want to get them in the ground pretty soon so since nobody else has posted yet I give a stab at it. Pretty much all of my bareroot perennials get the same treatment- dig a hole;build a soil cone in the middle of it, spread the roots around the soil cone while holding the neck of the plant, then fill in the soil around the plant keeping the crown of the plant about soil level, water well and wait. My bleeding hearts reseed like crazy and babies come up all around so they can't be too fussy of a plant. I would probably soak the roots for a little while in water before I planted it just to rehydrate them a little too.
Good luck
felixzippy
Original Author
18 years ago
Thanks Nettie. I wish it would stop raining and warm up just a bit so it would be more inviting to be outside. I appreciate your help, once again!
Chris
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I need to no how to get bare root plants to root they are broken and have no roots
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kitkat65: Why don't you go on the plant propagation forum- just click on other forums at the top of this page and find it alphabetically. They may have some tried and true methods that will help. I'm sure it would help if you would list the perennials specifically. Good luck

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